The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-06-01
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N""S hNtshi VI OClOWy ..... .HH
Was made Of earth, by Natures hand,
AND no, our Father, made Of earth,
Hath peopled onrth on every hnnd;
And We, In memory Of his birth,
10 call our country "Fathor lind"
~ first, iii Eden 3 bowers, they say,
No sounl Of spceoh had Adam caught,
But whistlcd like y bird, all day;
And maybe twas for want Of thought:
But Nature, with resistlcss inws,
Mndo Adam soon surpass the birds;
She gave him lovely Evo-bcc muse,
II he'd q wifc-thcy must hive cords.
And SO, tho Native land I hold
By malo descent. is, proudly, mine.
The language us tho talc hath told,
Was giyon in tho female limo.
And thus, we geo, on either hand.
Wo namo our blessings whence they've
sprung;
Wc cnll our country Father lani,
Wo call our language Mother tongue.
The Public Sohoola.
The Newberry Observer. who is
certainly not il sympathy with the
Tree school system, snv
The Laurens Advertiser agrees with
the Observer lint the Constitution re-
quircs the term to be at least six
months; but objects to the plan of pay.
ing $40 a month from the public fund
and supplementing all schools by pri-
vate subscriptions because, it says,
this destroys the free part Of the
school. Not ut all. On the contrary,
it gives d free school Of six months.
We object to this plan, because if
Il tuition fee, however small, has to be
paid in Il public schools, it is not a
free school. No good teacher can
work for $1,000 a month; then if he
must depend upon private subscrip-
tons to make out n reasonable salary,
and if a child is unable to pay the
tuition, he can get no benefit from tho
school fund.
We took occasion some time ago, to
call the attention Of the school trus.
tees for this district to the fact, that
the town Of Laurcns has no free.
school. The money given 10 this dis.
trict is ap%portioncd out to all the
schools, and so long as it lasts, those
who can pay the tuition get Il rebate
to the amount Of his proportionatc
share Of the fund. There nre chill
drcn i'll this as in other communities
who cannot pay vcn n small fee, and
the consequence is they cannot 20 to
school ut all. It this private subscrip-
ton would not shut out those who are
unable to pay, the scheme might work
well, but we do not see how that can
be done. Who is it that will saw to
one "ray" and to another "no pay"
-Lanrens Advertiser.
The Newbcrry Observer is right
when it says that when public money
is received by a school it becomes a
public school, no matter how small
the amount paid.
Article 10, Section 10 of the Con-
stitntion says: All the public schools
: : ! : supported in whole or
IN part by the public funds shall be
free md open to all the children and
youths Of the State. = y x *
We suggest that the Advertiser call
the attention Of the trustees it speaks
Of to this section Of the Constitution.
Bright Jewols.
Write on blackboard and have pu-
pills memorizc one each day.
Success is worth everything but
self-respect.--RoLLo RAMBLER.
Blessed are they that mourn for
they shall be comfortcd. BIBLE.
Never say more than necessary. An
nnspoken word can do no harm, but
nee spoken it cannot be recalled,
and no man can forsec it's conse.
quences.-KossUrm.
Friendship ought not to be unrip.
ped, but unstitchcd.-CATo.
Unto them that love Him, God
causes all things to work for the best.
-BIsIIop CovEDAIE.
Everyday Mistakes.
Correct these errors in your convcr
sation.
"They came to see my brother and
4" "The nan whom they intend